CORE/HCBS Provider- HCBS

HCBS Provider

Enjoy making a difference? Join the team at Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, Inc. (FREE), enriching the lives of others, one individual at a time. FREE benefits and proudly supports more than 4,000 individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities, mental illness, and traumatic brain injury. It is the mission of FREE to support people of all abilities reach their full potential and thrive in their communities. FREE provides a diverse array of supports and services including: housing; recovery services; transition to work; employment; day, community, and family services; respite; crisis services; education and after school support; specialty health services; and advocacy.

POSITION SUMMARY: Overseen by Senior Manager of HCBS Programs, the HCBS Provider is responsible for providing a variety of community-based non-clinical rehabilitation services to individuals. The HCBS Provider assesses the individual's need to develop a specific, measurable, and attainable plan to achieve his/her goal(s). HCBS Provider will work as part of an interdisciplinary team within HCBS.

DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provides non-clinical, rehabilitative services
• Effectively communicates and supports the organization's mission, vision, and values
• Assists Core Clinicians with a caseload of approximately 20 individuals
• Communicates observations regarding goal progress to Supervisor
• Ensures documentation meets quality and compliance thresholds as set by regulation and/or Agency guidelines
• Utilizes electronic medical record to complete required documentation as required by regulation and within mandated time frames
• Provides field-based non-clinical treatment in the community and individual's home as required
• Adheres to the organizations Code of Ethics
• Always communicates in a respectful manner with all people including the people we support, supervisors, other valued team members, and members of the community
• Completes all required trainings
• Maintains confidentiality
• Maintains and contributes to client caseload including but not limited to non-clinical treatment planning recommendations, drafting progress notes, and assisting with coordinating/documenting discharges.
• Prevents, recognizes and reports abuse toward the people we support
• Ensures that all required documentation (paper and electronic) is completed/processed appropriately, in a timely manner, and meets quality and compliance thresholds.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities of All FREE Employees:

• Always communicates in a respectful manner with all people including the people we support, supervisors, other valued team members, and members of the community.
• Complies fully with FREE's confidentiality policies by holding in strictest confidence all information pertaining to members, residents, the people we support and their families, clients, providers, contractors, and employees.
• Meets all safety training requirements; adheres to all safety policies and reports any and all unsafe conditions; takes measures to prevent accidents and/or eliminate conditions that pose a safety or health risk.
• Coordinates, supports, attends and participates in all required events/meetings/reviews/committees, including ones outside of standard working hours.
• Meets all job requirements and stays in compliance.
• Adheres to FREE's standard of ethical behavior as outlined in the Employee Handbook and Code of Conduct as well as applicable laws and regulations.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in mental health or social services related field required
• Experience: One year of experience providing individual, group, or family therapy to individuals with mental illness is preferred
• Specialized Training, Licenses, Certifications: None required
• Knowledge, Skills, Competencies, and Abilities: Communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
• Other Requirements: Valid driver's license and meets all the criteria to be a valid driver for the agency. Willingness to travel a must. Services provided throughout Nassau and Suffolk County on a case by case basis.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: This role is performed in-person. Some travel required. Client meetings may occur at FREE locations, client homes, or other community settings.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Employee is required to sit, walk and stand for prolonged period of time (at least 8 hours).
• Employee is required to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing.
• Employee is required to operate standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, fax and filing cabinets.
• Employee is required to reach with hands and arms.
• Employee is required to bend, stoop, kneel, crouch or stand on a stool as needed.
• Employee is required to be able to lift 50 pounds at a time.

FREE is an equal opportunity employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other protected characteristic. In addition to federal law requirements, FREE complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in all of its locations. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.